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baby namesTue, 26 Sep 2017 21:23:12 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.2By: Mara_lyn86https://nameberry.com/blog/middle-names-2012-the-new-connectors#comment-512366
Tue, 14 Aug 2012 02:25:51 +0000http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=18440#comment-512366My great-great grandmothers middle name was Belle so I guess it isn’t a completely new trend. The ones I am seeing more often are Claire, Greer, Lark, Wren, Pearl and Mae/May. I have a niece with the middle name Mae and a nephew with the middle name Ray, both siblings. One of my friends recently had a baby and her middle name is Kay, which I guess could be included with the trend. I also know someone else who gave their daughter the middle name Paige. Interesting post.
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Thu, 31 May 2012 13:15:51 +0000http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=18440#comment-484435Any suggestions on a good middle name to go with the first name Lilyanna?
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Mon, 21 May 2012 14:37:44 +0000http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=18440#comment-480704I love the name Colette Grey but my husband thinks Grey sounds masculine. Colette Monroe also to masculine for him, any pretty ideas?
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:09:31 +0000http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=18440#comment-470179Oh my sweet Blythe…this has been on our list for a first name forever! We only have a son so we have yet to use this lovely name. It is still not in the top 1000 but I am interested to see if it cracks it this year.
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Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:41:10 +0000http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=18440#comment-466812I’ve been liking Joyce a lot as a connector lately, and I’ve heard it from a few others too.
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Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:19:39 +0000http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=18440#comment-466802Too funny. We’ve chosen Faith as a middle name if our baby is a girl but as a family name to honor both grandmas (Hope & Charity).
I love a lot of the above names as first names as well as middle names.
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Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:12:42 +0000http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=18440#comment-466770I have a couple of these on my list for middles/first names for years. Blythe, Pearl & Fay. They all honour family.
Before thinking that someones middle name is just a filler, you could ask how they came to that name conclusion. It may just have significance or meaning to the parents.
But besides this pretty much all the above names are lovely regardless!
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Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:24:42 +0000http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=18440#comment-466710We used Rose, not realizing how popular it had become as a middle name. But I think we would have used it anyway. It honors two grandmas: Rosemary and Rosalie.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with connector middles. Many of them are very cute, and if they have meaning for you, who cares if others see them as “just” connectors?

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Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:14:36 +0000http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=18440#comment-466646My nephew is two days old and has been given the middle name Grey.

I agree about how refreshing it is when popular middles are used as a first instead. Although, I’m not a huge fan of some of these – Poe, Wren, Lark, Kai and Bliss are a bit too trendy for my taste.

BellaB – Grace is immediately what came to my mind too for a common girls option.

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Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:38:36 +0000http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=18440#comment-466624I’m guilty of this myself. My son’s middle name is on the list. I think those of us with two-syllable last names lean toward one-syllable middle names to get a 3-1-2 or 2-1-2 pattern. As one set of middle names gets tired, we start looking for new ones. Almost all of these middles would be delightfully unexpected as first names!
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